• shalafi@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    Unless you’re going all out with clothing-as-armor, naked is better.

    Chiggers can’t directly get a grip on your flesh, mouth parts too weak. They gotta back that ass into something to get started. Like your clothes.

    Ticks are instantly observable because without clothes you can feel them tickle. In any case, you can see them before they lock on.

    Mosquitoes? I got nothing.

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      2 days ago

      Idk, long sleeves, pants and socks seem to work fine for me. But maybe I am just genetically lucky or something, it’s been a while since I had one bite. Oh, and obviously taking a bath in icaridin.

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        you’d probably notice if you woke up with one crawling up your arm

        source: trust me bro (I have dogs)

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          2 days ago

          If I woke up and saw it sure. But I would jot wake up because of it crawling.

          Source: trust me bro I had one 3 weeks ago almost bite my cock.

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      4 days ago

      I have two defences against mosquitos.

      Thick body hair they tangle in, and my body acclimates to regional mosquitos so I don’t get itchy.

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        2 days ago

        Acclimating happened when I moved here! I’d get eaten alive at sunset, itchy for 20 minutes. Now? I can’t remember an itchy bite, not for 20 years.

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      4 days ago

      If you think your clothes will keep dick ticks from happening then you clearly haven’t encountered many ticks.

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      4 days ago

      Aight, Imma tell it.

      Showering and saw a tiny black spot under my dick in the V-shaped area where the shaft meets the head. Thought it was a piece of dirt as I had been fucking around at camp and getting filthy. You already know how this ends.

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        4 days ago

        Oh no.

        That was way worse than mine. I was probably around 5 years old and it was on my balls. I had no idea what it was, but fortunately, my parents quickly picked up on what was going on since I was grabbing my junk a ton that day. I was fine and it was just a dog tick, but the whole encounter was still nasty.

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          Somehow both better than when I got a tick on my taint. However because it’s an awkward spot, I had to lay on my back like a baby getting my diaper changed well my significant other tweezed it off.

          Learned that ticks love warm spots before they dig in for a snack. Groins, armpits, behind ears. So check your taint, balls and ass after every hike.